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A Younger Man
Sexy widow Veronica Johnson can't believe her bad luck when she gets a flat tire while driving to North Carolina for a summer break. Handsome Chef Kumi Walker stops and helps her change her flat tire. Kumi is a former Marine who has returned home to Asheville, North Carolina after a ten year absence. Kumi has been estranged from his family and now wishes to repair the fractured relationships. While Kumi is instantly smitten by Veronica and begins to c...
Beyond Business
When Renee Williams is offered a position as Assistant at Blackstone Farms in Virginia, she seizes the opportunity to leave trendy Miami behind. When Renee meets her new employer, Sheldon Blackstone, the owner of Blackstone Farms, she is surprised by his stunning good looks and sincerity. At 53 years old, Sheldon Blackstone has had his share of hard times. After the death of his beloved wife Julie to breast cancer twenty years ago, Sheldon was forced ...
DEA Undercover Agent Summer Montgomery has just been assigned the case of a lifetime. Known as Renegade, Summer is assigned to take down a drug ring that is operating in close proximity to a suburban Boston school. As a means of establishing the link between the school and the drug ring, Summer assumes the identity of a drama teacher and begins to work at the school. Although Summer is always poised and ready for danger to strike at any time, she is u...
Secrets Never Told
In one fell swoop Morgana Johnson-Wells loses her beloved mother and discovers that her husband of thirty years, Frankin, is cheating on her with a younger woman. Reeling from her mother's death and her husband's infidelity, Morgana embraces the opportunity to head south to Georgia to settle her mother's affairs. While in Salvation, Georgia, Morgana grows closer to her Uncle Julian and tries to sort out her life. While sorting through her mother's bel...
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The Long Hot Summer
When Kelly Andrews arrives at Blackstone Farms she isn't prepared for the sight of her handsome, sexy boss, Ryan Blackstone. Hired as a teacher at Blackstone Farms Day School by Ryan's father, Sheldon, Kelly is a dedicated and loving teacher. Ryan, a veterinarian, is the father of a four year old son, Sean. Ryan is distrustful of beautiful women, particularly since his wife walked out on him and their son due to her dissatisfaction with life at Blacks...
Very Private Duty
When nurse Tricia Parker returns to her hometown of Virginia for a one month period to visit her grandfather, Gus Parker, she has no idea that she will be running into the love of her life. Fourteen years ago, Tricia fell head over heels with Jeremy Blackstone. Jeremy's family were the owners of Blackstone farms, one of the most profitable horsing farms in Virginia. Tricia had grown up living on Blackstone farms with her grandfather and had always har...
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I'm having so much fun in New York, no better place to get ready for fashion week, but that doesn't mean my heart doesn't ache for the road looking at these photos. Sounds terribly cheesy but I mean it and everything. That sky. Shot these somewhere in between Wendover and Elko, wearing a dress with an illegible label that I bought on Robertson in LA. I'm really coming around to things that are knee length.

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Gray wolves have come perilously close to extinction in the Rocky Mountains. Only in the past decade has the wolf population rebounded from a population of less than 50 to more than 1,500 wolves today. Visitors come to Yellowstone every year to get the chance to see and hear wolves in the wild.
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God Bless you Favre :) Best Quarterback of all time in my book :)
Brett Favre fears football has caused his memory loss
After Rams quarterback Sam Bradford was lost for the rest of the 2013 season with a torn left ACL, the Rams reached out to Brett Favre's agent, Bus Cook, to see if the 44-year-old was interested in making yet another comeback.
Favre, who hasn't played since ending his two-year stint with the Vikings in 2010, told Washington sports station WSPZ-AM on Thursday that not only does he feel physically unable to play, but he fears that he's already experiencing symptoms connected to concussions suffered during his 20-year NFL career.
From the St. Paul Pioneer-Press:
"It's flattering, but you know there's no way I'm going to do that," Favre said.
"I don't remember my daughter playing soccer, playing youth soccer, one summer," Favre told WSPZ. "I don't remember that. I got a pretty good memory, and I have a tendency like we all do to say, 'Where are my glasses?' and they're on your head. This was pretty shocking to me that I couldn't remember my daughter playing youth soccer, just one summer, I think. I remember her playing basketball, I remember her playing volleyball, so I kind of think maybe she only played a game or two. I think she played eight. So that's a little bit scary to me. For the first time in 44 years, that put a little fear in me. …
"I think after 20 years, God only knows the toll."
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In late September, Cook was quoted as saying of Favre:
"I saw him the other day. He's in the best shape I've ever seen him in, physically. His arms look like a blacksmith's arms. He rides a bike probably 30-50 miles a day. He runs four or five miles a day. He's coaching at the high school and they're undefeated. He loves it. His body fat is 7.5 percent and he weighs 225 pounds. He could play today, better than a lot of them out there today."
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Good luck Brett
Right he forgot all about his fans when he walk around in that Viking S--t!
Maybe he can tell his wife that he doesn't remember making a phone call to a Jets woman employee and asking her to come to his room to party? Yeah, that's right...I don't remember...
Poor guy can't remember if he's retired or not.
All of you jealous people out there wish you were Brett Favre or had what Brett Favre has or accomplished in his NFL career, but you don't so you throw stones...pathetic!
Brett, You made the right decision.
All the kevlar, padding and rule changes in the world are never going to take the danger and concussions out of football. If the sport is to survive I believe the only solution is to put a limit on the amount of years players are allowed to play at the professional level. I would suggest a limit of four years for all positions except QB - which would have a limit of five years.
Maybe he won't remember his falling out with the Packers and he'll suddenly show up at Lambeau next week.
he still remembered to cash those big checks he was being paid
Pain killers and alcohol will do that to your brain too.
I'd want to forget going to the Vikes too.
Brett Favre football fears caused memory has his loss
Yeah... football might cause some memory loss but so does OLD AGE. Part of me is curious to see if he could pull it off the other part of me thinks he would play 2 games tops and get seriously injured.
That explains why he kept un-retiring.
The way Brett dealt with his addiction was quite admirable. He was also a drunk when he first got into the league, but after a seizure he got honest with himself and went public with his wife by his side. Granted, it seems as though he was a real POS husband for a while and I've heard a lot of rumors about his personal life, but you can't deny that it would be a great money maker for the league in general to have him back in the game.
I can't stand Favre or Peter King's man-crush on Favre. Makes me puke.
But I don't wish him harm or brain damage.
I hope he is ok and turns out to be fine
so I can continue bashing him and calling him " lil' Abner" with abandon.
Get well, dude.
Bus Cook, baloney. You're just hoping for another big payday. Favre didn't ride a bike 30-50 miles a day, run 4 or 5 miles a day, etc. when he was playing.
And Favre stated he's not anywhere near football shape on the radio. The guy's not coming back, and the fact that the Rams even reached out to a 44 year old QB is ridiculous. It also shows this trend in the NFL to go with only 2 QBs is just plain stupid.
Concussions … or maybe it's all the Vicodin?
Forgot what I was going to say
Rams cheerleaders thank him for that decision
Ah, dude, you owe me money!
PROBABLY TRUE ! I guess he forgot EACH time he retired and un-retired
"He rides a bike probably 30-50 miles a day. He runs four or five miles a day. He's coaching at the high school and they're undefeated."
How does he find the time? Heck, how does he find the energy? That's like a triathlon every single day...then he goes and coaches H.S. football for 3-4 hours a day?
I believe he's in shape. Not buying the workout reports.
He probably can't remember these things since he was high on oxycontin and vicodin.
And probably drunk.
And probably taking pictures of himself in the bathroom during the soccer games.
Doesn't seem to keep him off pills
@scottrosannerobertson get over it
@ianlinross The Packers are playing the Vikings. Could he remember which team to play for?
ps ... and STAY retired
@MidwestGolfFan I run 4 miles per day and it only takes 30 minutes. A 30-mile bike ride up and down Chicago's lakefront only takes a couple hours. Better stick with that other "sport", golf.
@MidwestGolfFan The bike he rides is a Harley. ;)
Don't know about that running thing though - I don't think Favre ran that much in a season when he was playing.
@JesusNegros Maybe so but he does remember a lot of a holes. You are first on the list.
Not all of us can be ultra-studly, hairy-chested manly-men like you. Who feel the need to tell everyone about it.
@MidwestGolfFan You should remember that he's not working. That leaves him 10 hours free per day.
So its ok for you to put people down and essentially call them liars, but when your BS is refuted you want to tell someone that they are the ones that feel the need to tell everyone about it. You are an absolute couch potato tool!


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2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults
Each year, YALSA presents the Best Fiction for Young Adults list after ALA's Midwinter Meeting. This year's list of 112 books was drawn from 211 official nominations. The books, recommended for ages 12-18, meet the criteria of both good quality … Continue reading
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"The IBM solution brings together all the data under a common umbrella and applies intelligence so that we can see anomalies, more quickly identify mechanical malfunctions, and measure the impact of energy saving techniques."" - Charles P. McMahon, Vice President, Information Technology, and CTO, Technology Services, Tulane University
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In the wake of a major natural disaster, Tulane University made a significant commitment to rebuild its campus in more environmentally sustainable ways.
Working with IBM and IBM Global Alliance Partner, Johnson Controls, Tulane is deploying sensor technology and advanced analytics to transform a historic building into a smarter building.
Reduces cooling and heating requirements by helping staff find inefficiencies in equipment operation that result in energy waste; Reduces energy by fine-tuning the requirements needed to control humidity and provide a comfortable environment for students and faculty members; Provides insight over time as to which parts are the most reliable and what vendors to choose; Enables evolution from scheduled maintenance to predictive maintenance based on near real-time performance
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In the wake of a major natural disaster, Tulane University made a significant commitment to rebuild its campus in more environmentally sustainable ways. Working with IBM and IBM Global Alliance Partner, Johnson Controls, Tulane is implementing sensor technology and advanced analytics to transform one of its most historic campus buildings into a model of sustainability and energy efficiency. This work has helped the University reduce cooling and heating requirements and find inefficiencies in equipment operation that result in energy waste.
When Sylvester Johnson stepped onto Tulane University's campus—located in the heart of New Orleans—following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, he was in shock.
"The campus looked like a war zone," recalls Johnson, Tulane's senior associate vice president of Facilities Services. "Two-thirds of campus was underwater and the part that we could get to, the roofs had blown off the buildings and the windows were broken. Our immediate challenge was: How do we get campus back together in less than five months?"
As the University launched its massive rebuilding effort to ready the campus for the spring semester, staff committed to achieving a more sustainable infrastructure. The University estimates that the energy used in its buildings represents two-thirds of its carbon footprint. And as the largest private employer in the City of New Orleans, the University recognizes its influence across the community.
"Tulane University is a remarkable example of an institution that has evolved with a sense of responsibility about the way we can contribute to rebuilding the city and rebuilding our own campus," says Kenneth Schwartz, FAIA, Dean, Professor of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Tulane University. "Hurricane Katrina had a devastating impact on this entire region and this University was impacted somewhere to the tune of USD700 million in damage. The hurricane allowed us to step back and look at the way in which we're operating in the sense of sustainability."
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To effectively reduce the energy use of its buildings, staff first had to understand energy usage on a building-by-building basis.
"One of the issues that we face with trying to reduce our energy use is that we don't know how much energy each building on campus uses," says Elizabeth Davey, Tulane's director of Environmental Affairs. "Our buildings are connected to a central plant so we don't receive a utility bill every month for each building. By using technology to make each building smarter and give us the information we need to knowledgably act, we can better identify which buildings should be renovated, which design strategies are most effective, and what facility problems may increase our energy use. We can also use the data to motivate building occupants to use less electricity."
Rickie Kramer, Tulane's facilities manager, adds: "IBM analytics have helped Tulane facilities find inefficiencies in equipment operations, allowing us to save energy. The analytics notify us on an hourly basis when any of our systems are potentially wasting energy due to mechanical or programming issues. I am looking forward to having these analytics rolled out across the rest of our campus."
Smarter Buildings: New insight, analytics drives sustainability and saving
- Instrumented: Near real-time data and events are collected from sensors on boilers, air ducts, lights, water pipes, chillers and temperature gauges, and from the building management system.
- Interconnected: Data is analyzed and the results are fed into a dashboard that lets operators drill into the details, such as the building's microclimates or the operation of a specific boiler.
- Intelligent: Monitors energy consumption and asset performance, identifies anomalies, and automates alerts to help staff resolve issues before occupants are affected and energy is wasted.
Transforming a historic building into a smarter building
The University's first project with IBM and IBM Global Alliance Partner Johnson Controls was to transform Richardson Memorial Hall, the century old home of Tulane's School of Architecture into a smarter building. Like many century old buildings, Richardson Memorial Hall's heating, cooling, wiring and water equipment had been installed 8, 20 and even 40 years ago—when the energy requirements were only a fraction of what they are today.
With the IBM® TRIRIGA® Energy Optimization solution, staff can collect near real-time data and events regarding heating, cooling, lighting and water to understand how energy is being consumed and to see problems and emerging trends before they affect occupants. Information from third-party sensors on boilers, air ducts, lights, water pipes, chillers and external temperature gauges, as well as from the building's management system is integrated and analyzed, and the results are fed into a dashboard that lets operators identify anomalies and operational patterns in the building's microclimates and the functionality of specific equipment.
The insight has helped the University reduce cooling and heating requirements and find inefficiencies in equipment operation that result in energy waste and create uncomfortable environmental conditions for students and faculty members.
For example, the system alerted maintenance staff that, at times, cooling and heating was occurring simultaneously and, at times, heating was turned off completely, causing humidity levels to increase. By implementing humidity control programming and new analytics, the University solved both issues—which in turn reduced electric consumption and increased occupant comfort.
The insight is also helping the organization evolve from scheduled maintenance to predictive maintenance and determine which parts used in its building systems are the most reliable. For example, with the analytics monitoring cooling valves every hour, when a valve weakens, immediate notifications can be made so maintenance staff can fix the part before a failure occurs.
"Every valve, every thermostat, potentially every light switch is talking to you, and if you listen, you can make intelligent decisions to optimize the comfort of the building and minimize the resource consumption," explains Charles P. McMahon, vice president, Information Technology and CTO, Technology Services, Tulane University. "The IBM solution brings together all the data under a common umbrella and applies intelligence so that we can see anomalies, more quickly identify mechanical malfunctions, and measure the impact of energy saving techniques."
And according to McMahon, ultimately, these "smart buildings" will automatically take action so facility staff can focus on strategic building projects.
"It is a very small leap to get us to the point where we have confidence in setting the parameters and letting the software make adjustments," McMahon adds.
A living laboratory for students
As part of the project, Tulane's architecture students will get a firsthand opportunity to use the technology to experiment with how air temperature, humidity, water temperature and other parameters affect the quality of comfort in the rooms as they aim to minimize the consumption of natural resources. Along with IBM, they'll work in a cross-discipline team of facilities management staff, IT staff and partners to create best practices that can be applied across campus and nationally.
"Building and information technology tools are essential to the future of our profession," says Schwartz. "This project is going to be catalytic in the way that our students begin to embrace concepts of sustainability in much more significant ways than we have in the past."
The inside story: Getting there
Tulane University's progress illustrates the evolving role of facilities management. "If you look just a few years back, management of energy resources resided almost entirely with the facilities department," explains McMahon. "What we're seeing now is a much more robust and complex IT component. And with this, we're seeing an evolution in which Technology Services is partnering with facility managers. It's difficult to know whether this is a Facilities Services project that Technology Services is enabling, or a Technology Services project that is used by Facilities Services to better manage the environment."
And, as both IT and facility staff work together, they must not only understand the integration of these disciplines, but also how to apply an intelligent building approach to both modern and historic buildings.
"An intelligent building approach starts with recognition of the building's own qualities inherently as a structure," says Schwartz. "It then moves forward with the integration of digital technology and new building systems that allow the building to operate at a much greater level of efficiency in terms of energy consumption. Richardson Memorial Hall is an example of how we can recognize the value of a historic structure at the very beginning while updating its systems for contemporary practice. And our work has allowed us to test out some methodologies that we believe can be applied to any historic structure on this campus and well beyond."
Solution components
● IBM® TRIRIGA® Energy Optimization (formerly IBM Intelligent Building Management)
● IBM Global Business Services®—Smart Buildings Solution Implementation
IBM Business Partner
● Johnson Controls
For more information
To learn more about the combined solution for smarter buildings offered by IBM and Johnson Controls, contact your IBM or Johnson Controls representative, or your IBM Business Partner, or visit: ibm.com/ibm/servicemanagement/industry/us/en/smarter_buildings.html or www.johnsoncontrols.com
For more information about Tulane University, visit: www.tulane.edu
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LINCOLN — Mark Manning felt throughout the preseason that newcomers would make a difference for the Nebraska wrestling team this season.
That was the case Sunday in its season-opening dual.
Husker newcomers won four matches, propelling NU to a 25-16 victory against Northwestern in front of 932 at Devaney Center.
"We saw some young guys ... learning how to win at this level," Manning said. "That's good. It's a lot easier to learn when you win than when you lose. It's a real promising start for some of those guys."
Nebraska won six of the 10 matches — three wins were by freshmen and another was by a junior college transfer competing in his first home match.
Freshmen Tim Lambert (125 pounds) and Colton McCrystal (133) won the dual's first two matches in overtime as the Huskers led throughout the day.
Lambert's match with Garrison White was tied 4-4 heading to the two 30-second overtime periods. Lambert got a reversal with 12 seconds left in the first overtime period, but White scored an escape with two seconds left in the first period and also escaped in the second to tie the match at 6-6. But 20 seconds into the next overtime period, Lambert got a takedown to win 8-6.
"I wrestled longer than I wanted to, but that happens. You can't control everything," said Lambert, ranked 17th nationally in his weight class. "I would have liked to start off a little faster. ... I need to execute my offense quicker."
McCrystal trailed most of his match against Dominick Malone before getting a takedown with 4 seconds left in regulation to tie it at 6-6. McCrystal then won with an escape in the second 30-second overtime period.
"He's a tough, hard-nosed kid. That's why we recruited him," Manning said of McCrystal. "He's going to be a good one for us. He's got the mentality we want."
McCrystal, a true freshman from Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, said conditioning was a key to his first win as a Husker.
"It was a nine-minute match and I never faltered with my pace. I owe that to the coaches pushing us every day. I felt good at the end of the match," McCrystal said. "That was my first match for Nebraska, but I wrestle that match in practice every day. I wrestle kids that are tougher than that every day."
Anthony Abidin, who won a junior college national title in 2012, followed with a 7-2 decision over Pat Greco at 141. Abidin gave up an early takedown, but was in control the rest of the way.
"Anthony opened up more as the match went on," Manning said.
Nebraska's other freshman, T.J. Dudley at 184, recorded the Huskers' only pin. Dudley was up 4-3 after the first period before recording a pin against Jacob Berkowitz 42 seconds into the second period.
"T.J. is real dangerous. It's not surprising to see him get that pin because he's real funky, he's wrestles unorthodox," Manning said. "He scrambles around, knows where he's at. He understands where his body needs to be at the right time, which is a nice ability to have."
Northwestern won both matches that featured two ranked wrestlers. At 149, freshman Jason Tsirtsis, ranked ninth, got a takedown early in the third period and held on for a 3-2 win over fourth-ranked Jake Sueflohn. And at 165, No. 11 Pierce Harger pulled away to an 8-0 major decision over No. 20 Austin Wilson.
Nebraska returns to action next Sunday when it faces South Dakota State in a dual at Brookings, S.D.
125 pounds: Tim Lambert, NU, dec. Garrison White 8-6 2OT. 133: Colton McCrystal, NU, dec. Dominick Malone 7-6 OT. 141: Anthony Abidin, NU, dec. Pat Greco 7-2. 149: Jason Tsirtsis, NW, dec. Jake Sueflohn 3-2. 157: James Green, NU, major dec. Ben Sullivan 19-10. 165: Pierce Harger, NW, major dec. Austin Wilson 8-0. 174: Robert Kokesh, NU, won by forfeit. 184: T.J. Dudley, NU, pinned Jacob Berkowitz, 3:42. 197: Alex Polizzi, NW, dec. Caleb Kolb 4-2. Hwt: Mike McMullan, NW, pinned Nyle Bartling 2:58.
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OURAY COUNTY – The United States Army Corps of Engineers has put the kibosh on an engineered proposal that would leave Laurence "Butch" Gunn's illegal tire dump in place. The agency, in a Clean Water Act enforcement action, is now mandating that the tires be completely removed from the site.
In a strongly worded letter to Ouray County and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment dated Oct. 5, the Army Corps reaffirmed its ruling of January 2012 that all of the tires must be removed from the dump site, which is located in an unnamed drainage.
"We are disappointed that the plan submitted...is not a restoration plan at all, but rather a proposal to leave the waste tires in place," the letter states. It is authored by Susan Nall, chief of the Colorado West Regulatory Branch of the Army Corps. Nall outlines numerous reasons why the proposal is "inappropriate," including the unknown extent and composition of the fill materials, and the continued risk those materials pose for migrating into downstream waterways, setting a bad precedent for other property owners, and potential fire hazard.
"While we are a cooperative party to this state led enforcement action, at this point the Corps cannot approve or endorse a plan that allows for waste tires and potentially other materials to remain in the drainage," Nall concludes.
The Army Corps of Engineers' ruling contradicts a settlement agreement recently arrived upon between Gunn and Ouray County that had laid the groundwork for an engineered solution to stabilize the tire dump. The plan called for the tires to remain where they are, covered with a wire mesh and held in place by anchors. That agreement did not address nor affect the jurisdiction of Army Corps pertaining to the tire dump, County Attorney Marti Whitmore said.
Upward of a thousand tires buried on Gunn's property above Burro Creek on County Road 4 came down into Cow Creek and the Uncompahgre River during a thunderstorm and flash flood in July 2011. An unknown number, perhaps 4,000 additional waste tires, remain on the property, Gunn says, for erosion control – a beneficial use.
Ouray County has tried through various means over the past year to compel Gunn to remove the remaining tires. But Gunn and his attorney have challenged the demand, claiming that the tires do not constitute a solid waste dump, but are simply a time-honored form of erosion control – and thus a beneficial use.
The county had anticipated the Army Corps would, in accordance with the state's Solid Waste Management Act, order the removal of the tires still buried on the property.
However, it appeared this summer after Colorado state legislators Don Coram (R-Montrose) and Jerry Sonnenberg (R-Sterling) weighed in on the matter that Army Corps favored a negotiated settlement that would leave the buried tires in place.
Anxious to find a resolution to the problem before winter set in, Ouray County entered into a settlement agreement with Gunn in August. The two parties were in the process of hashing out engineering details for the tire containment scheme when Army Corps threw its monkey wrench into the works.
In the latest twist, the CDPHE appears to have flip-flopped on its position regarding the containment enclosure in response to pressure from the Feds. The state agency announced in a letter to Gunn dated Oct. 16 that the "beneficial use" argument for leaving the tires in place doesn't hold up under scrutiny after all. The letter defers to the Army Corps of Engineers' findings, and goes on to describe a laundry list of deficiencies in Gunn's engineering plans for leaving the tires in place.
All of this leaves County Attorney Marti Whitmore a bit mystified over what happens next.
"It would have been nice if both of them [CDPHE and USACE] had been a little bit more forceful a few months ago," she said. "If there is a bright side, it is that the county, by taking some action," by entering a settlement agreement with Gunn, "has moved things along to a point where USACE and CDPHE have to fish or cut bait. If nothing else we are making them come to the table and actually focus on doing something."
Time is running short to get any kind of solution implemented before snow flies.
"It is not the time frame we wanted in our agreement but this is one of those dilemmas that legally has no easy answer," Whitmore said.
The next step from Ouray County's perspective will be for Whitmore to contact Gunn's attorney and ask how he intends to proceed in light of the recent developments.
" At the end of the day, the county wants to make sure the tires do not end up in the river again," Whitmore said. "My task is to keep everyone focused on that end goal, and find a solution that accomplishes that."


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Belmont University is hosting one of three presidential debates.
The big event is still months away, but the work has already begun on campus.
And it's going to cost a lot of money. School officials predict it will cost $3.5 million.
The campus has been busily preparing for the historic event since learning in November it would host the debate.
"We have committee meetings that happen every day of the week," said Pamela Johnson, director of strategic marketing and special Initiatives at Belmont University.
Belmont is getting ready to be thrust onto a world stage by hosting the debate moderated by veteran journalist Tom Brokaw, current host of "Meet the Press."
"It's anywhere from 10-hour to 12-hour days," Johnson said.
Plans are in place that will impact almost every inch of the campus, which is west of downtown Nashville. The Curb Event Center will be the most notable.
Brokaw will moderate the 90-minute, town-hall style format debate on Oct. 7. A lucky few will get to ask the candidates questions.
"There will be town hall participants, about 100 of them, and they will be selected by the Gallup Poll from undecided voters in Middle Tennessee, so if you get a call from Gallup, and they ask if you have a preference, and you would like to come to the debate, tell them that you haven't made up your mind, because that is how it happens," Johnson said.
Want a seat at the debate? That could be tough because the campaigns and the Commission on Presidential Debates will decide the rest of the people who can attend.
Days away from the event, people may not recognize part of the campus, especially the soccer field, which will be transformed into a makeshift office for 700 journalists.
Several organizations will hold presidential debate viewing parties. Belmont will hold an invitation-only party at the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville.
Metro police said nearly 400 officers will be working the debate to make sure everything goes as planned.
At least 80 officers will be used in the candidate motorcades and another 300 will be at the event.
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